Levi Geyer, owner of Fancy Twig Farm, is one of a small handful of producers in the country foraging, crushing and extruding oil from yellowbud hickory tree nuts.

The thinner shell can also go through the oil press, which saves Geyer the tedious labor of shelling the nuts. Other native hickory varieties, like shagbark and shellbark, are tasty to eat ...

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Levi Geyer served scoops of vanilla ice cream topped with his Fancy Twig hickory oil and crushed shagbark hickory nuts, to show off the flavor of the foraged nut oil. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital ...

Yellowbud hickory trees are abundant in Iowa’s forests, yet few make use of the trees’ bitter-tasting nuts. Levi Geyer, owner of Fancy Twig Farm, is one of a small handful Skip to main content You ...

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